Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Charlton 
Chatham 
Chattahoochee 
Chattooga 
Cherokee 
Clarke 
Clay 
Clayton 
Farms 
number 
84 
35 
13 
292 
430 
90 
70 
23 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,371 
3,835 
4,081 
50,094 
25,173 
8,887 
40,000 
835 
Average size of farm 
acres 
159 
110 
314 
172 
59 
99 
571 
36 
Median size of farm 
acres 
54 
70 
103 
85 
29 
30 
250 
14 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
324,676 
565,614 
652,839 
528,260 
555,347 
557,688 
945,349 
202,341 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,040 
5,162 
2,080 
3,079 
9,486 
5,648 
1,654 
5,573 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
4,722 
1,853 
552 
15,966 
16,968 
3,470 
10,535 
543 
Average per farm 
dollars 
56,210 
52,942 
42,437 
54,677 
39,461 
38,554 
150,507 
23,601 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
6 
7 
- 
2 
84 
16 
1 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
35 
6 
2 
91 
215 
42 
11 
15 
50 to 179 acres 
23 
17 
7 
118 
98 
24 
10 
1 
180 to 499 acres 
13 
3 
2 
59 
25 
5 
33 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
1 
- 
19 
8 
2 
6 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
1 
2 
3 
- 
1 
9 
- 
Total cropland 
farms 
46 
21 
10 
210 
203 
56 
47 
13 
acres 
1,545 
1,497 
294 
12,956 
5,021 
2,083 
18,729 
224 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
44 
15 
6 
172 
179 
49 
27 
13 
acres 
1,227 
467 
(D) 
9,694 
4,091 
1,516 
15,984 
224 
Irrigated land 
farms 
12 
12 
- 
12 
27 
18 
8 
2 
acres 
105 
26 
" 
186 
132 
110 
6,825 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
8,838 
4,131 
41 
23,817 
44,043 
41,140 
17,836 
95 
Average per farm 
dollars 
105,213 
118,015 
3,165 
81,565 
102,426 
457,107 
254,797 
4,133 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
548 
3,846 
(D) 
1,831 
6,421 
(D) 
17,173 
33 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
8,289 
285 
(D) 
21,986 
37,622 
(D) 
663 
62 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
47 
17 
10 
124 
211 
37 
39 
17 
$2,500 to $4,999 
4 
1 
- 
31 
49 
9 
4 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13 
6 
2 
37 
51 
13 
8 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6 
1 
- 
51 
50 
18 
2 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
3 
1 
11 
14 
6 
- 
1 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5 
3 
- 
19 
13 
1 
1 
- 
$100,000 or more 
4 
4 
19 
42 
6 
16 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
9 
4 
6 
68 
13 
23 
57 
- 
$1,000 
25 
4 
13 
152 
16 
68 
718 
- 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20 
10 
5 
79 
86 
22 
40 
1 
$1,000 
538 
165 
(D) 
672 
2,342 
63 
910 
(D) 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
4,587 
1,972 
99 
20,880 
42,093 
42,586 
18,863 
621 
Average per farm 
dollars 
54,607 
56,338 
7,639 
71,507 
97,891 
473,178 
269,466 
26,980 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
84 
35 
13 
292 
430 
90 
70 
23 
$1,000 
4,814 
(D) 
(D) 
3,761 
4,308 
-1,315 
602 
(D) 
Average per farm 
dollars 
57,311 
(D) 
(D) 
12,881 
10,019 
-14,610 
8,599 
(D) 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
43 
20 
4 
114 
211 
21 
32 
16 
Other 
number 
41 
15 
9 
178 
219 
69 
38 
7 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
47 
21 
4 
165 
253 
55 
25 
11 
200 days or more 
number 
32 
18 
4 
106 
168 
45 
15 
9 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
37 
6 
4 
160 
177 
31 
14 
2 
number 
951 
332 
(D) 
8,867 
4,920 
1,233 
1,762 
(D) 
Beef cows 
farms 
30 
4 
1 
139 
162 
25 
12 
2 
number 
515 
194 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,088 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
25 
4 
1 
135 
133 
25 
12 
1 
number 
386 
115 
(D) 
6,994 
2,034 
511 
1,077 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
10 
2 
1 
number 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
45 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
8 
4 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
101 
93 
- 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
8 
2 
- 
19 
54 
12 
2 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
36,820 
188 
(D) 
86 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
3 
28 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
3,827,400 
6,781,762 
(D) 
- 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
15 
6 
- 
5 
- 
acres 
90 
- 
- 
477 
34 
- 
994 
- 
bushels 
3,590 
- 
- 
53,057 
950 
- 
199,481 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
27 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
386 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
11 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,260 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
188,119 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
11 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,260 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
188,119 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
230 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
